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What do I put in a Perfetto trace config to capture Android FrameTimeline jank data?

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To capture FrameTimeline jank data, a Perfetto config needs the data source android.surfaceflinger.frametimeline (no further fields shown) plus at least one buffer, on Android 12 or later.

To capture FrameTimeline jank data, a Perfetto config needs the data source android.surfaceflinger.frametimeline (no further fields shown) plus at least one buffer, on Android 12 or later. Curator qualifications: Docs/code read 2026-10-22; no trace captured. Limitations: Docs/code read 2026-10-22; no trace captured. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/google/perfetto/blob/d64dfb7175a5e91d2d6308d4aefaf671da641cf3/docs/data-sources/frametimeline.md",
      "note": "docs/data-sources/frametimeline.md L3, L266; docs/concepts/config.md L124"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/google/perfetto/blob/d64dfb7175a5e91d2d6308d4aefaf671da641cf3/docs/concepts/config.md",
      "note": "docs/data-sources/frametimeline.md L3, L266; docs/concepts/config.md L124"
    }
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Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] To capture FrameTimeline jank data, a Perfetto config needs the data source android.surfaceflinger.frametimeline (no further fields shown) plus at least one buffer, on Android 12 or later. · locator: docs/data-sources/frametimeline.md L3, L266; docs/concepts/config.md L124 source

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